8/12/2020 CCP Virus Hits Charlotte County Veteren's Nursing Home Hard

In the last week or so, as I have followed the CCP Virus numbers, I have been glad to see the downward trend, both in Florida and in Charlotte County, where we live. But I have been consistent in warning about the virus' devastating im pact on the elderly, especially in nursing homes. The trend may be downward, but this is still the case, and nursing homes are still the tip of the spear, as far as this virus goes.

We have a state veteran's home here in Charlotte County, the Douglas Jacobson State Veteran's Home. In the last couple of weeks the virus has raged through there, infecting (as of yesterday) 34 residents and 20 staff. I know of one resident, a dear friend of dear friends, who's 96, caught the virus there and has been moved to a hospital and then again to a rehab place. This is a D-Day vet who hasn't seen his wife in months and now has been shuffled around with the damned virus like a hot potato. I read that many others from the facility have been moved to the Bay Pines VA Hospital in St. Pete. I've also been told that with the staff having been hit so hard, that Jacobson has had to bring in nurses from other countries to care for the veterans who are still there. It's scary and it's a shame.

So, yeah. I know the numbers are dubious, at best. They're inflated, distorted, twisted, and whatever the opposite of sugar-coated is, too. And I know there is WAY WAY WAY too much politics being played with this thing: schools, other closings, masks, hydroxychloroquine, mandatory vaccination talk, relief packages, unemployment, etc. The left and right are both trying to make everything and anything an issue for November. And, not to be ignored, big pharma, medicine, and insurance companies are milking it for all it's worth financially. Be all that as it may, the virus is still real and the virus is still killing old folks. Some of them, the old codger D-Day vet I told you about, are ready to die just to get this nightmare over with. They've been isolated from loved ones, shuffled around, made sick when before they weren't, and have seen care givers they've come to appreciate and see as their only friends from outside the facility gone not, too, because of the virus.

So feel free to tell me you don't like how it's being handled. I have my own doubts, too. But please stop calling it fake or contrived or a hoax. What's going on in the veteran's nursing homes near you? We should all make it a point to find out.

08/05/2020 Durham, Jensen, Bash, and Barr - My Patience Wears Thin

I've had it. They say the wheels of justice turn slowly. Well, when  the car is in 'Park' and the Parking Brake is set, the wheels of justice don't turn at all. We're now inside of 3 months from Election Day. Not only do the American people like myself who have been following the coup d'état of 2016-2018 very carefully deserve to see justice done to the conspirators, but the woefully and willfully ignorant among you also deserve to have a full accounting of how Deep State bureaucrats and Obama Administration officials and holdovers tried to 1) impact the 2016 election, 2) hamper the Trump transition team, and 3) undermine the duly elected President of the United States. Criminals in the DOJ, FBI, State Dept., Treasury Dept., and especially the C Eye A and Intelligence Community falsified evidence, spied illegally, and used leaks to their co-conspirators in the DNC, the media, Congress and the Senate in the MOST SCANDALOUS ABUSE OF POWER exercise IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. I want justice.

I demand arrests. I demand indictments. I demand a full and transparent accounting of who was involved. All of them need to be outed. Democrats AND Republicans. Elected officials and bureaucrats. Foreign spies and domestic. TV, radio, print and Internet media persons. Political operatives. Every treasonous traitor needs to be named, charged, tried, and if convicted, then given the harshest sentence the law allows. Yes, even that. You know what the 'that' to which I'm referring is. I want justice.

And f*cking Mueller and his band of partisans were just an extension of the same. Why in the hell did Sessions and Rosenstein enable the Mueller charade to carry on through the 2018 election? I want justice.

What brought this rant on this morning were quotes I read from journalists asking whether the DOJ would commit to delaying (further!) release of this information so that it wouldn't interfere with the 2020 election. Are you f*cking shitting me?!?!?! How in the f*ck would prosecuting Comey, Clapper, Brennan, Strzok, McCabe, Orr(s), Page, etc., etc. be election interference? Perhaps they think VP Biden was complicit in the crimes? Well, he was in the infamous Jan 5, 2017 meeting and he did make a suggestion how they could go after Gen. Michael Flynn. If Biden did indeed have his fingers in the coup d'état cookie jar, then screw him and his presidential aspirations. I want justice.

 But you know what? I don't expect it. We've been strung along for years now on this criminal hoax. I don't expect justice at all. I hope I'm wrong, but I've lost faith. The swamp slithers united. The American people and justice, be damned. Well dammit, I don't care. I want justice!

7/31/2020 On Moving the Election and Mailing It In.

First of all I think President Trump's tweet about moving the election date is a dumb idea. He's trolling someone or someone(s). Judging by the newspapers and press, it worked.

The left seems intent on a wholesale move to mail in voting. It's something I could support if not for these two not insignificant objections:

1. Fraud. Denying there will be fraud and telling me it's paranoia or whatever for me to believe it to be so isn't a compelling argument. Anyone who would either buy into lies or lie themselves to justify a coup d'état by high level CIA, FBI, DOJ, Treasury, and State Dept. people, and who would also justify arson, violence, rioting, and defacing and vandalizing federal properties and personnel will also deny fraud even on a massive scale. You can't convince me that people who would run a coup d'état operation wouldn't run a mail in ballot fraud scheme.

2. Ballot counting will be a historic and epic clusterfuck (that's Marine talk for an embarrassment). It will be an absolute nightmare. There will be a combination of incompetence and (criminal) mischief at unprecedented levels across the country, everywhere where ANY objection can be leveled against the results or lack thereof. I would be beyond shocked if there wasn't ongoing, widespread conflict over results across the country still taking place after Jan 1, 2021. Every undesired outcome across the country will be challenged in courthouses, statehouses, the Congress and Senate. The meltdown will be the biggest embarrassment in US election history. Rioting? You ain't seen nothing yet!

Were it not for these two serious objections, I'd be all for it. But for way too many people in our great country, right and wrong have been subordinated to partisan party's desires. After watching some of the Barr hearing this week, and now hearing that the Appeals Court in D.C. will hear Judge Sullivan's en banc request, I don't think you can convince me that a nationwide mail-in voting system can be done honestly and efficiently.

7/29/2020 Because Trump

People who are willing to excuse the framing and setting up of a US President in a coup d'état by US intelligence and law enforcement agencies and agents... because Trump,

who are also willing to excuse violent assault and attempted destruction of US courthouses and other government properties... because Trump,

and who are willing to excuse the slander of i high school student who wore a MAGA hat.... because Trump,

WILL ALSO excuse massive and unprecedented voter fraud, election fraud, and election interference by big tech firms... because Trump.

People's hierarchy of values and moral code are being exposed daily as fully dependent and subordinate to their politics. When wrong becomes right... because Trump.

7/22/2020 CCP Virus in Charlotte County Update

My county reported 30 new cases of the CCP Virus yesterday, with 0 new deaths, and 295 new cases and 3 deaths in the last week. We currently have 55 people hospitalized with the virus.

 

 

My biggest concern about the CCP Virus continues to be our elderly population. As more and more data becomes available, it's becoming clear to me that while this virus is extremely unlikely to kill otherwise healthy children and young adults, it is very dangerous to elderly people and people who have other serious health issues even if they're not older persons.

And coupled with that concern for the elderly, is a concern for how much this virus is spreading at this time. Even in light of disturbingly bad data due to false positives and shoddy accounting methods, this stuff, if not quite as deadly as first though, is still spreading. When comparing this virus to other pandemics, flus, and colds, the high transmission rate of this virus can't be ignored. And a lot of people are ignoring it. Yeah, they are.

 

Caroline and I went to try out our camper a few weeks ago, right before Independence Day. We stayed at a local campsite, checked in and out by phone, never went to the office or used common areas even one time. We kept the same isolation quarantines as we do at home, just at the campsite, using our camper same as we do the house. Not everyone was doing likewise.

In the sites next to ours during the morning hours after our first night a couple of campers made an early departure. Shortly thereafter four adjoining sites just to the east of ours filled up with four families who were obviously making a 4th of July weekend rendezvous. There were three travel trailers and one pop-up. In between to four campers they set up a couple of screened in awnings. And they socialized. No perceptible distancing, masks, or other indications that there is a pandemic. The groups seemed to be in their 50's and 60's, just by appearances. We didn't meander over and join them for a beer or social visit.

I have to presume these people all know each other. And I think that's where people are letting their guard down and where the virus is making "progress" from its point of view. Poeple tend to feel safe around their own families and friends. And each time you're with family and friends, you're also with their family and friends by proxy. Whoever they were around in the last week or so isn't around you, but if they were exposed to the virus, their little piece of the CCP Virus just might be. Our own dear friends and families have had some seemingly safe gatherings. Out of town visits with the kids and grandkids, family gatherings at the beach and shore for the annual get together there, weddings, etc. Even I flew to Albany, NY for my dear Uncle's funeral. Afterward, a small group of family did gather, and that evening I did eat and my aunt's house with dear cousins who were there. I knew the trip on the plane and the visit was a risk, so I isolated myself afterward for two weks and I also got tested for the virus. Caroline just went to KY to get some things done in our condo to prepare for a kitchen renovation. She had limited contact, except with our son, daughter-in-law, granddaughter, and a dear friend. But the flight and the visits ARE a risk. Period. We know that and are behaving accordingly.

 

Yes, all those interactions do SEEM harmless. "It's just my brother, sister, and their families from out of state." "It's just my cousins and aunts and uncles, they're all being careful. I'm sure it's OK." "Well, we hadn't seen this part of the family for so long, how could we say no?" I get it, and seeing "them" seems a risk worth taking. Well, the young people "they've" been in contact with aren't likely to die of the virus. It doesn't mean that "they" don't have it. And if you are or were around them, and they are or were infected, you CAN catch it. And maybe you're not likely to die from it, either. Yoiu're in your 40's or 50's or even your 60's. A few days after everyone went home, your 80+ year old mom just called. Her air conditioner is out. Or her washing machine won't work. Or she needs someone to take her to a doctor's appointment for some serious issue. Do you know you didn't catch CCP Virus from your family reunion? The wedding? The camping trip rendezvous? The annual beach house get together? The 4 or 5 couple dinner party you went to at your neighbor's house on Monday evening?

"OK, mom, I'll be right over." I don't know. My personal feeling is that if we're not going to be extremely cautious with our socialization with extended family and friends, then we'd better be doubly and triply cautious with the elderly. And if that elderly person depends on you, like life and death depends on you, then you ought to be more careful and less casual.

7/14/2020 Latest Testing Numbers and Thoughts

I haven't posted a new update in a few days. Charlotte County, Florida, has 54 new CCP Virus cases today, with 0 new deaths from the virus. The totals for the last week (I am NOT sure if that's the most recent 7 calendar days or the most recent Sunday to Saturday type 7 days) is 270 new cases and 1 new death.

 

 

Down here in Florida they are testing like mad. We are approaching 3 million tests. In my county alone, there have been 15984 tests, total, and 1212 positives (7.9%), of which 79 have passed away (6.5% of positives). I have been monitoring these numbers pretty regularly, and I believe the actual percentage of fatalities compared to positives for June is quite a bit lower than the 6.5% overall number, and that July will be lower still, in the less than 1% range, something closer to .4% or even lower.

Why? Well, first off, the virus is hitting younger people now. Secondly, the hospitals are doing a much better job treating patients, including use of controversial medicines and NOT using ventilators in the same manner they did early on which was a disaster of epic proportions. Lastly, the data is still awful, but the data in March, April, and May was much worse, as testing lagged and the snapshot was so small it was extremely misleading.

 

 

Yes, there are a LOT of positive tests coming back now, as they are testing an incredible number of people. But if the mortality rate stays at something below 1/2 of 1% (or even lower), at what point do we shift attention to identifying and protecting vulnerable people and allow others to return to normal? I don't know the precise answer, but the most disturbing aspect of the opinions I've seen posted on it is that they fall out along political lines with near 100% uniformity. That tells me that nearly everyone in both the left and right echo chambers are making their minds up based on partial information, and rejecting anything that challenges their echo chamber orthodoxies. Not healthy.

7/7/2020 The Propaganda War on White People

Grand Teton, Glacier, and Denali Photos in my man cave.

I have refrained from writing this piece for two days. After the interactions I had on a post on Facebook left me frustrated and stressed out, I came across this, and it rankled me. What got me so much under the skin on this is, I love our National Parks. The picture above was taken in my man cave. Treasured places that mean EVERYTHING to me.


Onward. I will be short and sweet. This (below) was tweeted by ABC News. You can find the story yourself, I won't be giving ABC any mouse clicks if I can help it. The tweet has three main elements and it illustrates very simply the culture war against white Americans that is going on right now. We are being dehumanized intentionally.

 

It refers to venturing into parks, campgrounds, and forest lands "THAT REMAIN STUBBORN BASTIONS OF SELF-SEGREGATION"

If you look closely at the ABC screen in the tweet, it refers to "THE GREAT WHITE OUTDOORS IN THE US."

And lastly, right below that it says, "NATIONAL PARKS FACE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS OVER RACE".

Friends, I have had it with these motherf***ers! Last I checked, our parks are for all of us. I've been in several in the last few years. People of all colors, religions, and nationalities, especially U.S. citizens, go there to love our country and commune with our world. It seems to me like the attack on whiteness is being waged in an all out war now.

And people shake their heads and wonder why we hate the fake news anti-American propagandists of mainstream press and networks. Just when I thought it couldn't get worse and I couldn't hate them any more.....